When I saw the Street Photography prompt this week it made me think back to various city breaks that I have taken pre children and got me looking back through holiday memories!! I came across my Las Vegas break from 2006 it reminded me of how surreal the whole place is and had been so different from what I had …
Armed Forces Day – Fun for the Kids!!
With me feeling rather poorly on Saturday, the husband kindly offered to take the children out for a few hours to give me a much welcomed break. I was a little disappointed though not to be joining them as the Armed Forces Day of events planned for Plymouth Hoe looked rather exciting and the weather was sunny. Fortunately I was …
Jubilee Festivities!!
For the Queen’s diamond jubilee last weekend, the road in which we live held a street party. Unfortunately the skies stayed grey and the day was littered with light, drizzly showers but none of them put a dampener on our spirits as we all had a throughly enjoyable afternoon despite some of the time being spent huddled up under garden …
Our Family Holiday to West Sussex
Last week we had our long awaited family summer holiday. We set off for the small town of Selsey in West Sussex where our beach side bungalow awaited. The unique aspect of the bungalow was that it was built around a luxury turn of the century railway carriage that has been restored and incorporated into the build of the seafront …
Homemade Pizza with Miss M
Miss M loves to help out with cooking and baking whenever she can, so when I mentioned that I was making a homemade roasted vegetable pizza for dinner the other night, she jumped at the chance to assist mummy in whatever way she could. She started off by kneading the dough for the pizza base and rolling it out, then …
Goodbye Grandad Fred – You’ll be greatly missed!!
Things have been a bit quiet on here lately – we’re still here – just been through some difficult family times with my Grandad Fred having passed away at the ripe old age of 85. Last week we made the 250 mile trip back to Kent where I grew up, back to my parents house to attend the funeral. One …
Boutique Biscuits – My 1st Attempt!!
I’ve always admired those delicious looking iced biscuits that you find in boutique bakeries or on a cakestand for afternoon tea in a trendy cafe or top hotel. But unfortunately I didn’t have a clue how to recreate them in my own kitchen. I tend to stick to buttercream when icing cakes as it’s easy, tasty and you generally can’t …
Easter Baking ideas for children
We were challenged by izziwizzikids.co.uk to come up with an Easter activity video for children and decided we would love to do some baking as this is one of Miss M’s favourite pastimes. I wanted to keep the recipes really simple so that Miss M could really feel like she was baking on her own without mummy interfering every 2 …
Imagination…
I was briefly looking through some old photos this morning when I came across a couple that sparked a thought back to the fabulous chat I had at Playfest this week. For those not in the know, Playfest is hosted by izziwizzi kids and is a weekly meet up on Facebook & Twitter for lovely mummies and daddies who want …
Baking biscuits with Miko Cat and Miss M!!
Miss M has been desperate to play with all her Xmas/birthday presents particularly the messy creative ones (e.g Moon Sand) that are really unsuitable around Mister B. So when Mister B had a nap yesterday afternoon I agreed we could try out her new ‘Miko Cat Make and Bake Gingerbread Baking Set’. It came in a gorgeous solid cardboard case …